US 12,408,642 B2
Oviposition trays for insect eggs
Kieron James Dunn, Cape Town (CA); Cameron Spencer Richards, Singapore (SG); and Jacobus Adriaan Kotze, Cape Town (CA)
Assigned to PreZero US, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/911,796
Filed by PreZero US, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/052372
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/186209, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137385 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 67/30 (2025.01)
CPC A01K 67/30 (2025.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oviposition tray for insect eggs, the oviposition tray comprising:
an oviposition tray body defining a plurality of elongate egg laying recesses in which eggs are laid, each recess having a length of at least 8 mm, a width of between 1 mm and 6 mm, and a depth of not less than 2 mm,
wherein the oviposition tray body has a front face and a rear face, with the recesses being defined in the front face of the oviposition tray body, and
wherein the oviposition tray body defines a plurality of apertures, each aperture configured to extend between the rear face of the oviposition tray body and the front face of the oviposition tray body, the plurality of apertures being intermixed among the plurality of elongate egg laying recesses,
wherein the plurality of apertures are configured to allow a flow of an airborne attractant substance therethrough in a direction from the rear face of the oviposition tray body to the front face thereof for attracting adult female insects to the oviposition tray in order to lay eggs in the recesses.